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     //prEnd: "2021-08-31",
 
     // W3C Candidate Recommendation information
-    crEnd: "2026-03-19",
+    crEnd: "2026-04-05",
+    testSuiteURI: "https://github.com/w3c/did-test-suite/",
     implementationReportURI: "https://w3c.github.io/did-test-suite/",
 
     // Editor's Draft URL
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
     subtitle: "Core architecture, data model, and representations",
 
     // if you wish the publication date to be other than today, set this
-    publishDate:  "2026-02-19",
+    publishDate:  "2026-03-05",
 
     // previously published draft, uncomment this and set its
     // YYYY-MM-DD date and its maturity status
@@ -306,11 +307,53 @@
   <section id='sotd'>
 
     <p>
-This version of the DID Core specification, version 1.1, is experimental.
-DO NOT implement it. If you want to implement DIDs, use the current version 1.0
-specification: [[[DID-CORE]]].
+The W3C Decentralized Identifier Working Group has published this document as a
+W3C Candidate Recommendation and is requesting that software developers and DID
+Method specification authors provide experimental implementations designed to
+test the implementability of all of the features in this document.
     </p>
 
+    <p>
+Implementers are cautioned that any open
+<a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#correction-classes">class 1, 2, or
+3</a> issues <a href="https://github.com/w3c/did/issues/">listed in the issue
+tracker</a> might result in changes to the specification.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+To exit the W3C Candidate Recommendation phase, the W3C DID Working Group
+requires the following:
+    </p>
+
+    <ol>
+      <li>
+For normative statements that are machine testable, at least two conforming
+implementations per feature; that is, when a [=conforming producer=] implements
+a feature, at least two [=conforming consumers=] are able to consume the feature
+and for every feature that is consumed, there are at least two [=conforming
+producers=] that produce the feature.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+For normative statements that are not machine testable, at least two
+demonstrations of implementation per feature.
+      </li>
+      <li>
+The [[[DID-RESOLUTION]]] specification has met its exit criteria for the
+W3C Candidate Recommendation phase.
+      </li>
+    </ol>
+
+    <p>
+A feature is defined as one or more functionally related normative statements in
+the specification. For this specification, interoperability is defined as
+normative statements, such as those referring to data model properties and their
+values, being interpreted in the same way between two different DID Methods.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+The resolution of a specific DID Method is out of scope for this specification,
+and is covered by the [[[?DID-RESOLUTION]]] specification.
+    </p>
   </section>
 
   <section class="informative">